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a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
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Recent Examples of doll
The company said the blind Barbie and a doll with Down syndrome were among the most popular Fashionista dolls globally in 2024.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
The popularity of the dolls heightened earlier this year when K-pop star Lisa posted an Instagram video with one, per the LA Times.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
For her second wedding in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor wore a marigold yellow chiffon baby doll dress — her hair braided down her back and strewn with flowers.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Instead, the robot doll sequel didn’t come close to matching the 2022 original’s box-office launch.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
The popularity of the dolls heightened earlier this year when K-pop star Lisa posted an Instagram video with one, per the LA Times.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
For her second wedding in 1964, Elizabeth Taylor wore a marigold yellow chiffon baby doll dress — her hair braided down her back and strewn with flowers.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Instead, the robot doll sequel didn’t come close to matching the 2022 original’s box-office launch.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doll
Noun
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The deliverymen with their dollies and boxes, ready with their tags.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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Similarly, in World of Warcraft, the scroll wheel dollies the camera in and out, changing the view of the game.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Oct. 2011
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Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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These directives could be conveyed to AGI and ASI without anyone else knowing that the AI maker is pulling the puppet strings underlying AGI and ASI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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In fact, just last season several Raiders players mocked Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes with a Kermit the frog puppet with his signature curly hair and dressed in his No. 15 jersey (many have said Mahomes sounds like Kermit over the years).—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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Some things are beyond the capacity of a child to understand, while others resonate most profoundly out of the mouths of babes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 July 2025
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Usually that show would have the babe of the week, whatever hot girl that Charlie [Sheen] was dating.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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Through exhibits, publications and educational programs, the museum educates its millions of visitors about the beauty and cultural significance of country music.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Brazil's high standards for beauty and widespread acceptance of cosmetic surgery have led it to become a destination for people in search of plastic surgery.—
Newsweek Rankings,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Using a network of trail cameras, Wails and her colleagues watched how the island’s ecosystem has evolved over the past decade, and how other predatory species, such as raccoons and opossums, responded to the sudden dearth of foxes.—
Ramin Skibba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Officers responded to more than 100 incidents involving dogs, cats, rabbits, foxes, snakes and raccoons in unincorporated Arapahoe County during the first month, sheriff’s officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
21 July 2025
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Firing off a Hinge message isn’t the same as blushing with a cutie on a kitchen counter.—
Kitty Ruskin,
Time,
26 June 2025
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Someone at the after-party better ask this cutie out!—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
9 June 2025
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Alternatively, get an eyeful of the Leake Street Arches—aka the London Graffiti tunnel—beneath Waterloo Station, and pop out on Lower Marsh, with its centuries-old street market and proper Lambeth vibe.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
24 June 2025
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Locals get an eyeful of contemporary art inside at the Seattle Art Museum as well as in the open air at the Olympic Sculpture Park.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doll. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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